The walls of the pandal had imaginative canvases of the village. The unmarried tribal ladies of the village are performing a dance and in the distance one can see a series of Karam trees.
The idol created by Parimal Pal had a good simplicity and matched with the environment of Karam festival.
The centre of the pandal was the epicentre of the festival. Tribal drums, textile, paintings and dolls were prominent in the structure.
Notice the chaalchitra of Maa Durga which is has nice tribal patachitra paintings.
Symbolic representation of Kadam flowers (which are spherical in shape). In the open space also there is a representation of kadam tree.
Music plays a big role in Kadam festival and then there is dancing to the tribal music tunes. 66 Pally tried to recreate that musical ambience with the background scores of Saki Banerjee.
The entrance gate of the pandal has the shape of a spread out Kadam tree, the main subject around which this festival takes place.
The decoration on the side wall was really nice, rural and fresh. You can see images of Kadam festival (life in the villages, festival celebration, dance moves etc.) in hay leaf plates with bamboo frames around them.
Everybody getting a musical welcome. A slightly different perspective: In this image you will see a lot of spectators wearing white hats. These were all senior citizens. A travel group along with a NGO had arranged these tours for senior citizen
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